Lars Hein

14.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
128 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

About

Lars Hein is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lars Hein has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 47 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 34 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Lars Hein's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (66 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (41 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (40 papers). Lars Hein is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (66 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (41 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (40 papers). Lars Hein collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Indonesia and United States. Lars Hein's co-authors include R.S. de Groot, Louise Willemen, Leon Braat, Rob Alkemade, E.C. van Ierland, C.S.A. van Koppen, Roy P. Remme, Bram Edens, Matthias Schröter and Elham Sumarga and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Lars Hein

125 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Challenges in integrating the concept of ecosystem services and values in landscape planning, management and decision making

2009 2.5k citations Lars Hein et al. profile →
Global estimates of the value of ecosystems and their services in monetary units

2012 1.8k citations Lars Hein et al. Ecosystem Services profile →
Spatial scales, stakeholders and the valuation of ecosystem services

2005 982 citations Lars Hein et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lars Hein Netherlands	46	8.0k	2.6k	2.4k	2.2k	1.5k	128	10.7k
Brendan Fisher United States	42	6.3k 0.8×	2.4k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	88	9.5k
Benjamin Burkhard Germany	41	7.4k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	125	8.9k
Leon Braat Netherlands	10	6.1k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	13	7.5k
Luca Salvati Italy	67	8.0k 1.0×	2.4k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	2.4k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	486	13.0k
Joachim Maes Italy	51	6.8k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	1.8k 1.3×	144	9.3k
N. D. Crossman Australia	39	5.9k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	2.1k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	771 0.5×	190	8.6k
Matthew Wilson United States	20	4.7k 0.6×	2.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	899 0.6×	36	6.8k
Davide Geneletti Italy	56	6.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	1.9k 0.8×	2.4k 1.1×	2.5k 1.7×	200	10.6k
Carlos Montes Spain	44	5.7k 0.7×	2.1k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	81	8.0k
Hua Zheng China	51	7.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	2.7k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	1.9k 1.3×	331	12.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Lars Hein

Since Specialization

Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lars Hein

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lars Hein

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lars Hein. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lars Hein based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Lars Hein. Lars Hein is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Suwarno, Aritta, et al.. (2025). Socio-Economic Benefits of Different Indonesian Crops: Opportunities for Sago Starch in Bioplastic Development. Sustainability. 17(16). 7351–7351.

Clec’h, Solen Le, et al.. (2025). Trade-offs in ecosystem services under various river management strategies of the Rhine Branches. Ecosystem Services. 72. 101692–101692. 3 indexed citations

Hein, Lars, et al.. (2025). A comparison of valuation methods for cultural ecosystem services in support of ecosystem accounting. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 10.

Bussel, L.G.J. van, et al.. (2025). Monitoring woody landscape features in Dutch rural landscapes. Ecological Indicators. 178. 113853–113853.

Hein, Lars, et al.. (2023). Accounting for the water related ecosystem services of forests in the Southern Aegean region of Turkey. Ecological Indicators. 154. 110553–110553. 11 indexed citations

Hein, Lars, et al.. (2023). The climate and land use change nexus: Implications for designing adaptation and conservation investment strategies in Sub‐Saharan Africa. Sustainable Development. 31(5). 3811–3830. 6 indexed citations

Boer, Rizaldi, et al.. (2023). Peatland fire regime across Riau peat hydrological unit, Indonesia. Forest and Society. 7(1). 76–94. 3 indexed citations

Araza, Arnan, Sytze de Bruin, Lars Hein, & Martin Herold. (2023). Spatial predictions and uncertainties of forest carbon fluxes for carbon accounting. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 12704–12704. 7 indexed citations

Comte, Adrien, et al.. (2022). Ecosystem accounting: Past scientific developments and future challenges. Ecosystem Services. 58. 101486–101486. 28 indexed citations

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Araza, Arnan, Lars Hein, Martin Herold, et al.. (2021). Intra-Annual Identification of Local Deforestation Hotspots in the Philippines Using Earth Observation Products. Forests. 12(8). 1008–1008. 7 indexed citations

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Hein, Lars, et al.. (2019). Assessing the health impacts of peatland fires: a case study for Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26(30). 31315–31327. 72 indexed citations

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Carvalho‐Santos, Cláudia, João Pedro Nunes, António T. Monteiro, Lars Hein, & João P. Honrado. (2015). Assessing the effects of land cover and future climate conditions on the provision of hydrological services in a medium-sized watershed of Portugal. Hydrological Processes. 30(5). 720–738. 76 indexed citations

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Duku, Confidence, Hendrik Rathjens, Sander J. Zwart, & Lars Hein. (2015). Towards ecosystem accounting: a comprehensive approach to modelling multiple hydrological ecosystem services. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 19(10). 4377–4396. 45 indexed citations

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Suwarno, Aritta, Lars Hein, & Elham Sumarga. (2015). Who Benefits from Ecosystem Services? A Case Study for Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Environmental Management. 57(2). 331–344. 37 indexed citations

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Sumarga, Elham & Lars Hein. (2014). Mapping Ecosystem Services for Land Use Planning, the Case of Central Kalimantan. Environmental Management. 54(1). 84–97. 59 indexed citations

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Hein, Lars. (2010). Economics and Ecosystems. Books. 2 indexed citations

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Hein, Lars & Nico de Ridder. (2006). Desertification in the Sahel: a reinterpretation. Global Change Biology. 12(5). 751–758. 129 indexed citations

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Gupta, Joyeeta, Harro van Asselt, Michael Berk, et al.. (2004). Re-evaluation of the Netherlands' long-term climate targets. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 3 indexed citations

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Cammeraat, Erik, A.C. Imeson, & Lars Hein. (2002). Investigation on environmental characteristics to underpin the selection of desertification indicators in the Guadalentin basin. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 3 indexed citations

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Hein, Lars. (2000). Impact of shrimp farming on mangroves along India's east coast.. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 51(203). 48–55. 21 indexed citations

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